Etymology

Krey

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

French crier
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  1. French · derived fromcrier“to cry”
  2. English todayKrey

From the German surname, from Krähe (“crow”). Also from a German borrowing of French crier (“to cry”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.